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1. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
8. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
11. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
12. A small cake leavened with yeast.
13. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
16. The residue that remains when something is burned.
17. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
18. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
23. 1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani.
26. In a foreign country.
30. Baby bed with high sides.
32. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
33. A state in midwestern United States.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
36. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
38. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
47. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
48. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
50. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
51. An associate degree in applied science.
52. Tag the base runner to get him out.
53. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
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1. Highly excited.
2. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
3. In bed.
4. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
5. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
8. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
9. Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832).
10. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
20. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
21. Unknown god.
22. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
24. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
25. Being one more than two.
27. (used especially of persons) Having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age.
28. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
31. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
37. Common Indian weaverbird.
38. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
39. Very dark black.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
43. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
45. Any of various units of capacity.
46. Towards the side away from the wind.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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